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Truro, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the northeast of Truro and has a population of 198,682 people.<1>

The next largest community is West Des Moines. It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the north of Truro and has a population of 46,403 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Altoona   NE35 mi [56.3 km]13,85433.92% increase
 Ankeny   N37 mi [59.5 km]42,28755.94% increase
 Clive   N28 mi [45.06 km]15,23418.51% increase
 Creston   W28 mi [45.06 km]7,594---
 Grimes   N32 mi [51.5 km]8,41965.14% increase
 Indianola   NE17 mi [27.36 km]14,36110.49% increase
 Johnston   N33 mi [53.1 km]15,69181.42% increase
 Knoxville   E39 mi [62.8 km]7,2546.17% decrease
 Norwalk   NE21 mi [33.8 km]8,82128.14% increase
 Pella   E49 mi [78.9 km]10,2083.82% increase
 Perry   N45 mi [72.4 km]9,56925.36% increase
 Pleasant Hill   NE31 mi [49.89 km]8,41465.96% increase
 Urbandale   N29 mi [46.67 km]38,36931.98% increase
 Waukee   N27 mi [43.45 km]12,367141.26% increase
 Windsor Heights   N28 mi [45.06 km]4,6433.37% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bevington   N10 mi [16.09 km]603.45% increase
 East Peru   W4 mi [6.44 km]1389.8% decrease
 Lorimor   SW12 mi [19.31 km]3996.56% decrease
 Macksburg   W17 mi [27.36 km]1299.15% decrease
 Martensdale   NE12 mi [19.31 km]4601.5% decrease
 Murray   SW12 mi [19.31 km]7963.92% increase
 New Virginia   E6 mi [9.66 km]4873.84% increase
 Osceola   S12 mi [19.31 km]4,7141.18% increase
 Patterson   N9 mi [14.48 km]1324.76% increase
 Saint Charles   N5 mi [8.05 km]6728.56% increase
 Saint Marys   NE8 mi [12.87 km]1275.22% decrease
 Spring Hill   NE17 mi [27.36 km]911.09% decrease
 Thayer   SW16 mi [25.75 km]5418.18% decrease
 Winterset   NW12 mi [19.31 km]4,8201.09% increase
 Woodburn   SE18 mi [28.97 km]2363.28% decrease

Madison County

Truro is located in Madison County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison: Adair, Clarke, Dallas, Guthrie, Polk, Union and Warren.

While not sharing a border with Madison, the following counties are close to Truro: Lucas, Decatur and Marion.

Below are counties that are near Truro (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Truro:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Truro
 Adair County   WHebron22 miles [35 km]
 Adams County   WNevinville34 miles [54 km]
 Clarke County   SEJamison8 miles [12 km]
 Dallas County   NBooneville21 miles [33 km]
 Decatur County   SWeldon22 miles [35 km]
 Guthrie County   NWDale36 miles [57 km]
 Jasper County   NEVandalia36 miles [57 km]
 Lucas County   ENorwood20 miles [32 km]
 Marion County   EBauer28 miles [45 km]
 Polk County   EOttawa19 miles [30 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Truro. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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 RV Repair     Churches    
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  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Truro.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Truro and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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